DevOps Engineer

Requisition Number: 118516

Position Title: Systems Engineer I

External Description:

We are EA

And we make games – how cool is that? In fact, we entertain millions of people across the globe 24/7 with the most amazing and immersive interactive software in the industry. But making games and delivering a flawless player experience is hard work. That’s why we employ the most creative, resourceful and passionate people in the industry. 

The Challenge Ahead
We are a group of DevOps engineers who collaborate with multiple teams to provide online services that enhance the game experience. We support a billion-dollar video game franchises as well as advertising units within EA. Our environments are continuously challenged by marketing promotions, game launches, and security threats. We are passionate about automation and ensuring high standards. 

Who You Are

• You thrive in a collaborative team environment.
• You are passionate about efficiency and automation.
• You love solving problems. 

What a DevOps Engineer does at EA:

• Respond to outages and alerts quickly to ensure public availability of our online services.
• Refine processes to develop a culture of quality and high availability.
• Automate processes to increase efficiency wherever possible.
• Help architect and implement solutions that solve complicated application challenges around performance, scaling, and security.
• Instrument monitoring solutions to gain insight into application performance and understand emerging issues.
• Maintain deployment software and tools (Jenkins, Chef, etc.)
• Work closely with developers to ensure on time delivery of services. 

The next great EA DevOps Engineer also needs:

• 2+ years’ experience with VMware and working in a virtualized environment.
• Understanding of middleware, proxies and application integration.
• Understanding of Content Distribution Network services and configurations.
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3, RDS, etc.)
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or equivalent engineering experience.
• Experience administering Java based technologies: Spring, JBOSS, Jetty, Tomcat.
• Working knowledge of databases (MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, etc.)
• Experience working with infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform or OpenStack
• Working knowledge of networking (load balancing, TCP/IP, Virtual IP, etc.)
• Working knowledge of storage (NFS, CIFS, iSCSI, etc.)
• Continuous integration and delivery tools like Chef, Puppet and Jenkins.
• Dynamic problem solver
• Detail-oriented
• Quick learner
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to thrive in a collaborative team environment
• Dependable and high commitment to projects (the team is counting on you) 

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Community / Marketing Title: DevOps Engineer

Company Profile:

We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Days Open: 359

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EEO Employer Verbiage:

About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.